9.6. Managing Windows
Whether you have deployed Parallels or VMware, working within a virtualized environment means that your management surface space has just been doubled. You now have two or more operating systems to manage whereas before you had one. You now have double the security issues, if not more, and a far more complex environment with regards to how each part interacts with the other. In short, your total cost of ownership just shot through the roof! But while your management costs just shot up, they can be kept in check. In the following sections we'll look at various ways to automate deployment and patch management in order to stay a lucid systems administrator.
9.6.1. Sysprep
Similar to deploying Mac OS X, there are a number ...
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